Rosé Quartet

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The Rosé Quartet was a string quartet formed by Arnold Rosé in 1882.

It was active for 55 years, until 1938.

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[edit] Members

Its members changed over time.

Rosé was first violin throughout. Julius Egghard played the second violin at first; then it was Albert Bachrich, until 1905 when Paul Fischer joined. Violist was initially Anton Loh, then Hugo von Steiner until 1901 when Anton Ruzitska came on; after 1920, Max Handl played the viola. Eduard Rosé, Arnold’s brother, had been a founding member of the ensemble playing the cello, but left after one season to get married and was replaced by Reinhold Hummer, who was in turn replaced by Friedrich Buxbaum; cellist Anton Walter joined in 1921, but later on Buxbaum rejoined.

The group's peak period was between 1905 and 1920, with Rosé, Fischer, Ruzitska, and Buxbaum.

[edit] Repertoire

The quartet's repertoire was based around the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, but many contemporary composers also benefited from the quartet's support, including Arnold Schoenberg.

[edit] Associations

The group participated in the Vienna premieres of works by Brahms, including his Clarinet Quintet and his Quintet in G major Opus 111. It also premiered Schoenberg's first and second string quartets and participated in the premiere of Verklärte Nacht along with two members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Franz Jelinek, viola, and Franz Schmidt, violoncello.

Among the quartet's performing collaborators were Julius Röntgen, Johannes Brahms, Franz Steiner, and Richard Mühlfeld.

The quartet also recorded.

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